• DocumentCode
    919213
  • Title

    An algorithm for optimal prefix parsing of a noiseless and memoryless channel

  • Author

    Lempel, Abraham ; Even, Shimon ; Cohn, Martin

  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1973
  • fDate
    3/1/1973 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    208
  • Lastpage
    214
  • Abstract
    We discuss the prefix encoding of a Q -ary source (Q \\geq 2) into an L -symbol channel alphabet with L \\geq Q . We present an optimal encoding scheme that minimizes the expected cost per symbol in the case of equally probable source symbols and arbitrary channel symbol costs.
  • Keywords
    Coding; Memoryless channels; Source coding; Cost function; Decoding; Dictionaries; Memoryless systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIT.1973.1054981
  • Filename
    1054981
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=919213